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Just how impressive has Colts’ CB Samuel Womack been?

Just how impressive has Colts’ CB Samuel Womack been this season? ESPN has the advanced metrics that highlight his play.

The late-August addition of Sam Womack at the cornerback position has proven to be a game-changer for the Indianapolis Colts.

A 2022 fifth-round pick by San Francisco, Womack spent his first two seasons with the 49ers as well as the most recent training camp.

During roster cutdowns, the 49ers released Womack and the Colts were one of three teams to put in a waiver claim on him. Ultimately, having the higher priority of the three teams, the Colts were awarded Womack.

For a position group that faced a number of questions entering the season, Womack has provided some much-needed stability.

What started out as a time-share at cornerback with Dallis Flowers after JuJu Brents was placed on injured reserve, quickly transformed into Womack being the starting boundary option opposite of Jaylon Jones.

On the year, Womack has allowed only five completions on 11 targets at just 8.0 yards per catch. He’s also had an impressive knack for the ball with five pass breakups.

Those numbers are terrific and we all see the impact he’s making each week.

However, to take it a step further, ESPN’s Seth Walder recently dove into some of the more advanced metrics that further highlight Womack’s impact.

According to Walder, Womack has allowed 0.3 yards per coverage snap this season. This is the lowest mark by any boundary cornerback with at least 100 coverage snaps.

In addition to that, Womack’s 13 percent target rate is below the league average and when thrown at, he is allowing a minus-22 percent completion percentage over expectation, per NFL Next Gen Stats.

Walder also adds that this week against the Houston Texans, Womack will see the majority of his snaps likely lined up across from receiver Tank Dell. This season, Dell has caught 20 passes for 194 yards and a score.

Colts claim CB Samuel Womack off waivers

The Colts claimed CB Samuel Womack off waivers. Here is what you need to know.

Following roster cuts, the Indianapolis Colts claimed cornerback Samuel Womack off waivers. He will now be on the team’s 53-man roster.

Womack was a 2022 fifth-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers and spent his first two seasons with the team. At 5-10 – 189 pounds, Womack has spent time playing both from the slot and on the boundary.

Womack has appeared in 23 games and has seen 216 career regular season snaps on defense. He has shown to be a sound tackler, making 17 of his 18 attempts. In coverage, he allowed 17 completions on 23 targets but limited opponents to only 8.8 yards per catch. He also has special teams experience, playing 337 total snaps.

This preseason, Womack played 128 snaps in three games. He allowed a completion rate of 56.3 percent and 11.3 yards per catch with two pass breakups.

Womack will bolster the depth of the Colts’ cornerback room–a big need with only five cornerbacks on the roster–and he should be able to contribute on special teams right away.

With the addition of Womack, a corresponding roster cut will have to be made to make room or him on the team’s 53-man roster.

49ers waive former starting slot CB after strong preseason finale

A big decision has been made in the 49ers’ secondary.

The San Francisco 49ers had a tough decision to make in their secondary.

They needed to figure out who to put on the roster alongside Charvarius Ward, Deommodore Lenoir, Renardo Green and likely Isaac Yiadom. There were only a couple of roster spots for a handful of candidates.

It looked like Rock Ya-Sin did enough to make the club, leaving Darrell Luter Jr. and Samuel Womack potentially battling for one roster spot.

If that was the case, Luter won out.

ESPN’s Nick Wagoner reported Tuesday before the 1:00pm Pacific Time cut deadline that the 49ers waived Womack.

Womack, a 2022 fifth-round pick, had a strong showing in the team’s preseason finale and has been a special teams stalwart over the last two seasons. He was unable to secure a roster spot in his third year though, marking the end of a rapid descent for a player who started the 2022 season as the 49ers’ starting nickel cornerback.

The 49ers removed Womack from the starting lineup after two weeks, but it looked like his arrow was trending up in the future of San Francisco’s secondary. He never regained his form, however, and slowly fell back on the depth chart until this offseason where he fell off the roster entirely.

There’s certainly a chance the 49ers bring him back to the practice squad if he clears waivers, but Womack is a good enough player that some CB-needy team may scoop him up before San Francisco can bring him back.

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Update on 49ers injured reserve list after Week 6

Here’s what the #49ers injured reserve list looks like with a third of the season down:

The 49ers through six weeks have avoided any major injuries, leaving their injured reserve list much less active than it’s been in recent years.

Cornerback Samuel Womack is the only player who’s gone on IR since the season began., and with six weeks down San Francisco has a couple players eligible to come off of injured lists who still haven’t been activated.

Here’s a quick rundown of what the 49ers’ injured reserve and physically unable to perform lists look like heading into Week 7:

49ers roster moves: CB Samuel Womack officially placed on IR

The #49ers announced a couple roster moves and placed CB Samuel Womack on IR.

The 49ers on Saturday announced a handful of roster moves before their Week 2 matchup against the Rams.

San Francisco officially placed cornerback Samuel Womack on IR with an MCL injury he sustained during Wednesday’s practice. He missed the final two practices of the week and was ruled out on Friday’s injury report.

The team also elevated CB Tre Swilling to the active roster for Sunday’s game in Los Angeles. If he appears in the game it will be Swilling’s professional debut.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan indicated Samuel would likely go on IR, and the team’s announcement made it official for the second-year CB. It’s unclear when he will return this season, but Shanahan expressed some optimism that Womack would be re-activated at some point.

 

49ers injury update: CB Samuel Womack misses practice, LB Dre Greenlaw returns

A new absence on the #49ers Thursday practice report, but LB Dre Greenlaw returned.

The 49ers in the lead up to their Week 2 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams remain in relatively good health.

One exception to that is cornerback Samuel Womack who injured hurt his knee Wednesday and was out of action for Thursday’s session. He was the only player missing from the practice.

Linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who missed Wednesday, was a limited participant Thursday while he works through some groin soreness.

Tight end George Kittle (groin), wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud (wrist) and left tackle Trent Williams (not injury related – resting player) were all full participants. Williams was given a day off Wednesday.

If Womack is unable to suit up Sunday it will leave the 49ers a little thin at cornerback. They have three on the practice squad with Qwuantrezz Knight, Tre Swilling and Shemar Jean-Charles. One of them would likely be elevated for Sunday’s game should Womack’s injury lead to an absence.

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49ers rookie review: Samuel Womack has 2 important roles

Our #49ers rookie reviews continue with a look at Samuel Womack. His exact role isn’t clear moving forward, but it’s clear he has one of two important roles.

It looked like the 49ers might’ve snagged another steal in the fifth round when Samuel Womack, the No. 172 overall selection from Toledo, took over as the starting nickel cornerback after the first preseason game. He wound up relinquishing that role, but he remains a key part of the 49ers’ secondary heading into his second season.

Womack burst onto the scene with a pair of interceptions in his preseason debut against the Packers. He posted another pass breakup in the preseason finale vs. the Texans and finished the exhibition slate with zero receptions allowed on five targets.

Those showings were enough to get him the starting nickel corner job to kick off the regular season. He was up-and-down in his first two starts as expected, but the 49ers opted to remove him in place of second-year CB Deommodore Lenoir. Eventually Lenoir kicked outside because of an injury to Emmanuel Moseley, and FS Jimmie Ward slid into the slot corner vacancy. Womack was relegated to a reserve CB role and special teams.

While typically this kind of demotion would be a significant knock on a player. It doesn’t appear Womack was playing so poorly though that he’s no longer in the team’s plans. In the first two weeks, both starts for Womack, he gave up five catches for 29 yards on seven targets and allowed a 78.8 passer rating.

This puts Womack in an interesting spot going into Year 2. There’s a chance the 49ers bring back Moseley in free agency and re-insert Lenoir in the slot. That would put Womack in a similar spot to this year where he’s a reserve who contributes a lot on special teams.

Lenoir played well on the outside though, so it’s not out of the question the 49ers leave him out there and let Moseley walk. At that point eyes would turn toward Womack to be the nickel corner.

Either way, the 49ers will need another strong season from Womack. If he takes a step forward in any role, he’ll put himself in a position to be a long-term factor in red and gold.

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10 49ers predictions for 2nd half of season

Some 49ers predictions for the second half of the season from @nicholasmcgee24:

Will the real 49ers please stand up?

The 2022 49ers enter the second half of the season needing to declare who they are. San Francisco has produced some sterling performances this campaign, but has also fallen short against teams they were favored to beat.

Yet there is plenty of reason for optimism around the team heading out of the bye, with the previous 49ers game one in which they routed the Rams 31-14.

So how will the second half of the season pan out for a 4-4 Niners. Our 10 predictions for the final nine games paint the picture of an extremely positive stretch run for Kyle Shanahan’s team.

Kyle Shanahan explains why Deommodore Lenoir played nickel vs. Denver

The #49ers switched up their starting nickel cornerback last night, which is a sign of how far their secondary has come since last season.

The 49ers made a somewhat unexpected change to their defense Sunday night. When the nickel package entered the game, it was second-year cornerback Deommodore Lenoir as the extra defensive back instead of rookie Samuel Womack who’s been holding down that spot since the second week of the preseason.

It was a little strange seeing a defensive change given how well that unit played through the first two weeks, but head coach Kyle Shanahan on Monday explained the impetus for the move.

“We just liked how he’s been looking,” Shanahan said in a conference all. “We’re always going to try to put the best people out there that we think gives us the best chance to win. And just from the last few weeks and watching him in practice and everything, we felt that was D-Mo and I was real happy with how he played too. I thought he was one of the better guys out there last night.” 

The second-year fifth-round pick from Oregon rewarded his coaching staff’s faith with a strong performance. He was consistently around the football, good in coverage and aggressive against the run. Pro Football Focus had Lenoir allowing five receptions for for 32 yards on seven targets.

This is a good spot for the 49ers to be in, and a stark departure from last season when they had a hard time finding starting-caliber cornerbacks. Now they’re in a place where they have two good players on the outside with Charvarius Ward and Emmanuel Moseley, and now they have two nickel options they can feel good about playing. If Jason Verrett comes back healthy San Francisco could quietly have one of the better secondaries in the NFL.

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Some surprises in 49ers PFF grades through 2 weeks

The 49ers’ PFF grades through two weeks have a couple of surprises:

The 49ers’ 2022 season is off to a strange start. They lost a game in a downpour in Chicago, and then won a game where they lost starting QB Trey Lance for the season.

A result from the odd first two weeks is a 1-1 record for the 49ers, but a sense of gloom hanging over the club with emotions running high following the Lance injury and Jimmy Garoppolo’s return to the starting lineup.

While the QB conversation has dominated the headlines, there are some other performances that have jumped out this season that come as a little bit of a surprise. They’re also things that could help carry the 49ers to a division win and perhaps another deep playoff run.

We dug through the Pro Football Focus grades from the first two weeks and picked out a few things that were a bit surprising that could also get the 49ers on track to another NFC championship game appearance.